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80% of women experience hot flashes in perimenopause and menopause. In this episode, I explain the cause of hot flashes and share my best tips for easing hot flashes and night sweats!

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Studies cited in this podcast:

1. The Midlife Women’s Health Study – a study protocol of a longitudinal prospective study on predictors of menopausal hot flashes | Women's Midlife Health | Full Text (biomedcentral.com) 

1. Menopausal Hot Flashes: A Concise Review - PMC (nih.gov)

1. Magnitude of the impact of hot flashes on sleep in perimenopausal women - PMC (nih.gov)

1. Hot Flashes: A Review of Pathophysiology and Treatment Modalities - PMC (nih.gov)

1. Hot Flashes: Why They Happen, Treatment, Prevention (webmd.com)

1. Hot flashes - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

1. What causes hot flushes? The neuroendocrine origin of vasomotor symptoms in the menopause - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. The relationship of longitudinal change in reproductive hormones and vasomotor symptoms during the menopausal transition - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. Evaluating urinary estrogen and progesterone metabolites using dried filter paper samples and gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry

1. The Free Hormone Hypothesis: When, Why, and How to Measure the Free Hormone Levels to Assess Vitamin D, Thyroid, Sex Hormone, and Cortisol Status - PMC (nih.gov)

1. Daily salivary cortisol patterns in midlife women with hot flashes

1. Effect of omega-3 supplements on vasomotor symptoms in menopausal women: A systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. Menopause Diet: How What You Eat Affects Your Symptoms (healthline.com)

1. Effects of a dietary intervention and weight change on vasomotor symptoms in the Women’s Health Initiative - PMC (nih.gov)

1. Efficacy of phytoestrogens for menopausal symptoms: a meta-analysis and systematic review - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. Menopausal symptoms and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in postmenopause - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. Menopausal symptoms and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in postmenopause - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. Vasomotor symptoms and insulin resistance in the study of women's health across the nation - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. Association between menopausal symptoms and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. Caffeine and menopausal symptoms: what is the association? - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. An exploratory study on perceived relationship of alcohol, caffeine, and physical activity on hot flashes in menopausal women (scirp.org)

1. The International Menopause Study of Climate, Altitude, Temperature (IMS-CAT) and vasomotor symptoms - PubMed (nih.gov)

1. Botanical and Dietary Supplements for Menopausal Symptoms: What Works, What Doesn’t - PMC (nih.gov)